Brian Byrne's solo LP was recorded in November 1972 and issued on Hawk Records (HALP 105) in 1973 (the labels carry a 1976 date but I think it's a typo).
It's a perfect album from beginning to the end. A truly masteriece !

Side One
A1 The Town is not Their Own
A2 Carnloch Bay
A3 Next Market Day
A4 Lakes of Coolfin
A5 John Barleycorn
A6 Coulter's Candy

Side Two
B1 The Lark in the Morning (this track doesn't appear on the back cover of the LP and many websites ignored it too)
B2 The Wind that Shakes the Barley
B3 Magherafelt May Fair
B4 Droop All the Flowers
B5 Handsome Sally
B6 The Parting Glass

Monday, 12 October 2015

Mike Hay is the cornerstone of this album. (The same Mike Hay who released the excellent 'Mike Makes Hay With His Magic Sun-g-shine' LP - I still have that LP for sale - see February 2015 on this blog)
He's the solo singer and makes all arrangements besides writing some of the songs.

Rob Pearsall and his fellow Californians deliver a pleasant simply-arranged friendly homemade blend of light, medium and heavy sounds, all more or less within that general category of west-coast melodic rural piano-and-guitar folkrock.
Maybe a bit like Parable in that respect.
The group’s quieter side focuses on piano ballads and solo acoustic songs, while diversions like the country rocking ‘Free In Jesus’ proudly plug in the guitar for a more aggressive edge.
Attractive cover illustration of woodland brook setting seems befitting of the mood.
(The Archivist by Ken Scott, 4th Edition)